1961 Imperial Convertible

[FenderMender]

Looney Tuners Garage was started way back in the late 50s by two teenage brothers. They cranked out some rather far-out cars and trucks, having gained inspiration from the customizers of the time- George Barris, Gene Winfield, Ed Roth, etc., etc.. One car the brothers began working on back then, but never finished, was a 1961 Imperial convertible that they had acquired as a total glue bomb. It had a severely damaged and unrepairable grille (no outside headlights), extreme plastic  
cement smudges all over the body, a damaged windshield, an interior with assessories (tape recorder, car phone, seat belts) heavily glued everywhere, and finally, a chassis that someone took a hot electric knife to.

Fast forward in time to the Crash Junkies Garage which recently picked up this car after some sixty years in storage. The Crash Junkies completed the build after meeting a twenty-one day deadline. Luckily for them was that crucial original parts came with their aged acquistion: hubcaps, complete interior, windshield, chassis and back bumper. The Junkies kept intact the unusual modified front end grille area, realizing that it was actually a precusor to the modern electrical car frontal look of the 2020s.

Thanks for looking...

[Rattlecan Dan]

Looks better than a Tesla. Nice job.

[slusher]

Cool build!

[Mike 1017]

KOOL

[Kah puts]

That’s out there 👍

[ea0863]

Such an interesting build and story to go with it. Thank you for sharing!

[karbuildr]

That's something really unique. Well done.

[FenderMender]

Thanks for the compliments. 

Glad everyone likes this model. 

Wasn't quite sure how it would be received.

[Street Rod]

Really cool custom, great work!